In this fresh and original book, Naina Gupta argues that architectural modernism was shaped by an international sensibility tied to transnational reform networks, such as workers rights, kindergarten and peace movements. Her hopeful account of how progressivism definitively influenced the modern project provides rich food for thought for scholars and architects today.
Barbara Penner, Professor of Architectural Humanities, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London, UK.
I believe Modern Architecture and an International Sensibility: A Curious Cross-Atlantic Constellation will be a valuable addition to architectural history looking more closely at the politics that constructed specific spatial typologies around a gendered and racial body. It achieves this using a methodology that is multidisciplinary and argues for a transnational historiography.
Tatjana Crossley, Wentworth Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Design, Boston, MA.